The baby is submerged, let go for a second while Lucy takes the photos then brought straight back up

Lucy says the older children especially love dressing up for their photo shoot

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Lucy takes the pictures very quickly, she only needs a few seconds as her camera takes 6 frames per second
'I ask that babies have done a term of baby swimming lessons that include submersions.
'This means they gradually over a few months, build up to going under the water. It starts with splashing on the head, then face, and builds up to a full submersion.
'So in reality the babies aren't underwater for very long at all. It just looks that way as we freeze that split second in time.
Lucy, from Greenwich, London, first started to dabble with underwater photography at University when she learned to scuba dive.
'I have continued experimenting with it for over a decade and have invested heavily in the equipment. My previous work is in stark contrast to the underwater portraiture.'
Lucy, who now travels across the UK, including Milton Keynes, Nottingham, Leeds, Maidstone to carry out her underwater snaps, worked as a news photographer for more than a decade.
'It often involved waiting outside in the cold, whereas baby swimming pools are kept at a nice warm 30 degrees,' she says.